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The definition of tractable is someone or something easy to manage, control or handle.

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An example of tractable is the Windows operating system.

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adjective

easily managed, taught, or controlled; docile; compliant
easily worked; malleable

Origin: L tractabilis < tractare, to drag, haul, freq. of trahere, to draw

Related Forms:

tractability noun or tractableness
tractably adverb

See tractable in American Heritage Dictionary 4

adjective

Easily managed or controlled; governable.
Easily handled or worked; malleable.

Origin:

Origin: Latin tractābilis

Origin: , from tractāre, to manage

Origin: , frequentative of trahere, to draw

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Related Forms:

tracˌta·bilˈi·ty, tracˈta·ble·ness noun

tracˈta·bly adverb

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